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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

A Collection of John Stossel Videos

John Stossel is a famous libertarian who used to work for ABC on 20/20 but now hosts his own show on Fox Business Network. While I believe that he does not go far enough in his views, the videos that he makes to expose everyday people to libertarianism are great. Stossel has been great for the libertarian cause overall in persuading people away from ignorant, progressive thinking into more informed, libertarian viewpoints. Here I present a collection of his videos that are well made, even for a libertarian who knows the arguments like the back of his hand.

I'm one of those medium core libertarians that so exasperate the hard core, so I think Stossel's libertarianism is just right. This is also why he is so popular with ordinary Americans who never realized they had a lot of libertarianism in them before Stossel came along.

Stossel is pretty good, but it's too bad he doesn't talk about private roads. That would be a pretty radical idea, but what have government owned roads done to show that they're the better alternative? Undermaintained and underbuilt, we are stuck with poor quality roads that don't go to the places we want (or are burdened with traffic all the time).

About Me

I'm a teaching assistant in a microbiology lab at UCLA. I love baseball, especially the Dodgers, and I like to follow politics. I'm a libertarian, but more importantly my politics are internally consistent. I also enjoy a good beer.